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5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
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O Brasil é foda o Brasil é o maioral ☝️
Viva o SUS, viva os pesquisadores brasileiros 🙌
Viva o SUS, viva os pesquisadores brasileiros 🙌
Brasil elimina transmissão vertical do HIV e alcança menor taxa de mortalidade dos últimos anos
Pela primeira vez em três décadas, o número de óbitos ficou abaixo de dez mil. Avanços em prevenção, diagnóstico e terapias também levaram à eliminação da doença passada da mãe para o bebê
www.gov.br
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
O Brasil é foda o Brasil é o maioral ☝️
Viva o SUS, viva os pesquisadores brasileiros 🙌
Viva o SUS, viva os pesquisadores brasileiros 🙌
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If you see your favourite indies, especially those who are wide or avoid Amazon, raise their prices... We all just had two emails in less than 24h:
- Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points
- Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again
- Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points
- Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you see your favourite indies, especially those who are wide or avoid Amazon, raise their prices... We all just had two emails in less than 24h:
- Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points
- Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again
- Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points
- Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
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If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.
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Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
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fracassion
Uma série tipo succession baseada na família Bolsonaro
Após Michelle constranger André Fernandes, que fez aliança com Ciro Gomes no Ceará, Flávio foi para cima da madrasta que, segundo ele, "atropelou o próprio Bolsonaro". "Michelle não é política".
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
fracassion
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Here's an idea: rather than burning a trillion on AI, why don't we spend it on teen scientists instead, since they apparently deliver faster than the machine?
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here's an idea: rather than burning a trillion on AI, why don't we spend it on teen scientists instead, since they apparently deliver faster than the machine?
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
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saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
books2read.com/u/b5p0yO
Once Upon a Time in Space is an upper-MG collection of 4 classic fairy tales (Snow White, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Snow Maiden) adapted as sci-fi tales. Most have queer representation. Check it out. :)
Once Upon a Time in Space is an upper-MG collection of 4 classic fairy tales (Snow White, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Snow Maiden) adapted as sci-fi tales. Most have queer representation. Check it out. :)
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
books2read.com/u/b5p0yO
Once Upon a Time in Space is an upper-MG collection of 4 classic fairy tales (Snow White, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Snow Maiden) adapted as sci-fi tales. Most have queer representation. Check it out. :)
Once Upon a Time in Space is an upper-MG collection of 4 classic fairy tales (Snow White, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Snow Maiden) adapted as sci-fi tales. Most have queer representation. Check it out. :)
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Mastercard is REALLY trying to pass the buck off onto banks (who, granted, ARE part of the problem but its still mostly MC and Visa)
do as Ana says here and tell them your bank told you to contact THEM. easy way to tack on more time in the call
stop-paypros.neocities.org
do as Ana says here and tell them your bank told you to contact THEM. easy way to tack on more time in the call
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Mastercard is REALLY trying to pass the buck off onto banks (who, granted, ARE part of the problem but its still mostly MC and Visa)
do as Ana says here and tell them your bank told you to contact THEM. easy way to tack on more time in the call
stop-paypros.neocities.org
do as Ana says here and tell them your bank told you to contact THEM. easy way to tack on more time in the call
stop-paypros.neocities.org
@derryday.bsky.social This sounds like it might be up your alley, my love.
I have a near-future thriller coming out next June about an obstetrician who gets kidnapped by a cult!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
November 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@derryday.bsky.social This sounds like it might be up your alley, my love.
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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Planejando golpe / Na audiência de custódia
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Planejando golpe / Na audiência de custódia
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O curioso caso dos machões de direita que tocam o terror quando estão no poder mas viram velhos fracos, doentes e dementes assim que a casa cai.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
O curioso caso dos machões de direita que tocam o terror quando estão no poder mas viram velhos fracos, doentes e dementes assim que a casa cai.
Thread.
Also, I never felt more gaslighted than when management at my last job kept saying metrics pointed to AI increasing efficiency without any cost to quality, as more and more of the job became solving robot hallucinations instead of actually working.
Also, I never felt more gaslighted than when management at my last job kept saying metrics pointed to AI increasing efficiency without any cost to quality, as more and more of the job became solving robot hallucinations instead of actually working.
Why don't we like "AI?"
You try to put it into everything in nonsensical ways.
It doesn't work the way you claim it will.
You don't pay for the work you use to generate it.
Your intent is labor reduction without a contributory return.
You know it's unpopular so you try to hide it.
You lie about it.
You try to put it into everything in nonsensical ways.
It doesn't work the way you claim it will.
You don't pay for the work you use to generate it.
Your intent is labor reduction without a contributory return.
You know it's unpopular so you try to hide it.
You lie about it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thread.
Also, I never felt more gaslighted than when management at my last job kept saying metrics pointed to AI increasing efficiency without any cost to quality, as more and more of the job became solving robot hallucinations instead of actually working.
Also, I never felt more gaslighted than when management at my last job kept saying metrics pointed to AI increasing efficiency without any cost to quality, as more and more of the job became solving robot hallucinations instead of actually working.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
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God I love Ursula K LeGuins writing so much.
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
God I love Ursula K LeGuins writing so much.
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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I come from working-class folk. I work a rotating set of freelance jobs, writing books among them. 75+ hour weeks, send myself on book tours on my own struggling dime, arrange all care for non-driving disabled partner & if I were to calculate my hourly wage I'd have to call a labor union on myself.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I come from working-class folk. I work a rotating set of freelance jobs, writing books among them. 75+ hour weeks, send myself on book tours on my own struggling dime, arrange all care for non-driving disabled partner & if I were to calculate my hourly wage I'd have to call a labor union on myself.
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Pirating is sending the message that a thing is so vital that you cannot possibly survive without the thing. That you would resort to stealing just to have the thing. If the art was of poor quality for the price demanded, you would just stop engaging with it. You'd seek art elsewhere.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pirating is sending the message that a thing is so vital that you cannot possibly survive without the thing. That you would resort to stealing just to have the thing. If the art was of poor quality for the price demanded, you would just stop engaging with it. You'd seek art elsewhere.
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Too many people see pirating as a form of protest. And it's not. At all. Boycotting is a form of protest. If I ran up in Target and started stealing things, that's not sending a message about Target's practices.
Stop making up reasons why pirating comics is good. It’s not good. Spend a few dollars and buy a book. Quit being a fuckin parasite
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Too many people see pirating as a form of protest. And it's not. At all. Boycotting is a form of protest. If I ran up in Target and started stealing things, that's not sending a message about Target's practices.
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These people are absolute ghouls. Even if you hate your ex, to do that to your *child* is unfathomable, and just in time for the holidays? Something something "family values"
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
These people are absolute ghouls. Even if you hate your ex, to do that to your *child* is unfathomable, and just in time for the holidays? Something something "family values"